Network Engineer

Are you ready to assist in planning, forecasting, and implementing highly complex network systems? We have opportunities supporting operations in Managed Services as well as IP Routing. As a Network Engineer III at Spectrum, you will design protocol compatibility standards, develop network enhancements, recommend improvements, and be responsible for implementing network architecture and designs. 

How You’ll Make an Impact 

• Participate in network planning, network architecture design and engineering
• Integrate and schematically depict communication architectures, topologies, hardware, software, transmission and signaling links and protocols into complete network configurations
• Evaluate new products, perform network problem resolution
• Assist in the development and documentation of technical standards
• Develop and implement approved methods of procedure
• Design and establish protocol compatibility standards, develop and implement network enhancements and make recommendations for improvement
• Work on projects/systems/issues of medium to high complexity surrounding network planning, configuration and optimization
• Provide escalated tier support across organizations and to third party vendors
• Work on one or more projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project team lead
• Adhere to industry specific local, state, and federal regulations, as applicable 

Working Conditions 

• Office Environment 
• May work in Network Lab environment 
• Depending on business group, on-call work may be an essential function of the job
• Occasional travel as required  

What You’ll Bring to Spectrum 

Required Qualifications 

Education 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience  

Experience 

• 5+ years data network experience

Skills 

• Ability to read, write and speak the English language 
• Ability to use personal computer and software applications like Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated in-depth data networking knowledge (OSI Model, TCP/IP, Optical Transport) 
• Ability to work in a team environment, perform duties in a very fast-paced environment and ability to learn new technology quickly 
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of related industry specifications and standards IEEE, ANSI, Fiber (Multimode, Single mode, UTP, etc.), Bridging, Switching, Routing, Ethernet and Transport technologies and protocols 
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge in network design, network architecture, network protocols, network topology, network devices, and network appliances
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge in using ticketing and software tools to support the current operations. 
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of network designing software, such as Visio  

Preferred Qualifications 

Education 

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) 
• Industry and vendor specific certifications and training (Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, etc.)  

Skills 

• Knowledge of company products and services